Joseph Taylor Jr. was awarded Nobel Prize 1993 in Physics "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation"
Nationality United States
Institution Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Award 1993
Discipline Physics
Co-recipients Russell Hulse
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1993 in Physics "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation"
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